toady

toadynoun詞源 1/ˈtəʊ.di/

• 1

  derogatoryA sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious, servile lackey or minion.

  • "But who is she, can you tell me?" / "Some fair-skinned speculation of old Montreville's, I suppose, that she has got either to toady herself, or take in some of her black friends with.—Is it possible you have never heard of old Mother Montreville?"
  • Before I had been standing at the window five minutes, they somehow conveyed to me that they were all toadies and humbugs, but that each of them pretended not to know that the others were toadies and humbugs: because the admission that he or she did know it, would have made him or her out to be a toady and a humbug.
• 2

  archaicA coarse, rustic woman.

toadyverb詞源 1/ˈtəʊ.di/

• 1

  To behave like a toady (toward someone).

  • But bless your hearts, we "ain't so green," though lots of us of all sorts toady you enough certainly, and try to make you think so.
  • He had toadied to the late Mr William Morris: he had toadied to various members of the Fabian Society, he had toadied at first to the great Bransdon himself.

toadyadj詞源 2/ˈtəʊ.di/

• 1

  toadlike

  • The bath is of greatest advantage in these chronic cases, with an earthy complexion and toady skin, if I am allowed thus to express its appearance.

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• toad